The essence of the diet with multiple sclerosis

1 Basic principles of nutrition

Nutrition for multiple sclerosis implies the following rules:

• adherence to the banal balance between proteins, fats and carbohydrates;
• fruits and vegetables are desirable in large quantities to eat exactly in fresh form, because only in this way get into the body useful substances and vitamins that activate the cellular metabolism;
• unsaturated acids, useful in such diseases, it is better to get from food products - vegetable oil, nuts, whole-grain cereals, etc.;
• coffee is better to remove from the diet at all, but if it is difficult to do, it is better to restrict to a non-daily reception of a small cup in the morning;
• alcohol at the time of treatment is excluded completely - at least because many drugs are incompatible with permanent libations, in addition, even a minimum amount of alcohol increases the symptoms of the disease, reducing all treatment "to no effect";
• to reduce the number of constipation should increase the number of foods in which fiber and vegetable fibers are present.

Vegetarians may well not abandon their own ideology, tk.it fits all of the above requirements. The only thing they have to do is constantly monitor the amount of vegetable protein in the diet.

If the patient can not tolerate at all, sometimes it is worth letting him eat a small portion of delicious, but not the most healthy food. You can not do this all the time, otherwise there will be no sense from the diet. The main thing is not to allow a person to break off, eat a harmful fatty food, and after that again try to return to dietary nutrition. Such sharp jumps adversely affect the digestive system.

2 What is not worth it?

The diet for multiple sclerosis somewhat restricts patients in taking the following products:

• fats of animal origin contained in fried meat( most in pork and fish), sausage, cheese, butter, eggs and caviar;
• cholesterol, contained in cocoa and chocolate.

The higher the cholesterol level in the blood, the less the patency of the blood vessels, and the slower the rate of recovery.

Improper nutrition, not conducive to the speedy recovery of blood vessels, leads to an even greater disruption in coordination of movements. Also, such a diet will provoke a sharp decrease in mental and physical activity, because of which the patient may be forced to abandon everyday affairs.

A pair of fried pork steaks is clearly not worth it, no matter how tasty they are.

3 It is important to count calories

When compiling a diet it is important to understand that a person who is currently moving much less does not need too much energy, so the food should be sharpened to its current state. The more excess calories the patient receives from eating, the faster he gains weight, and the harder it is to then come into shape. Moreover, the aggregate of excess weight and multiple sclerosis negatively affects the musculoskeletal system as a whole, up to the violation of its basic functions.

Radical diets with a minimum of calories received for patients with this diagnosis are also not recommended. Monotonous products( namely, they must be eaten for at least a week) are not digested so well by the digestive tract, the metabolism is disturbed, and this, in turn, can provoke another exacerbation of the disease.

4 What and in what quantities to drink?

There are no special restrictions on the amount of liquid drunk. The more liquid passes through the kidneys, the better they will work - especially this is important in the stages of active intake of medicines. In addition, a large amount of drunk liquid will significantly reduce the number of bacteria in the bladder. The minimum norm of a liquid is one and a half liters a day, drunk daily in portions by one glass. It is advisable to drink plain water from a filter and bottles or brew simple herbal tea. Black tea is not as useful as a variety of sodas with juice from boxes.

Compliance with simple rules allows to speed up the treatment process. The patient simply needs to give up a couple of products and give a little more attention to his health - in which case the symptoms of the disease will begin to pass much faster than if he continued to eat without any restrictions.